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Splendour In The Grass lineup2012

It’s been a long time coming, but after many months of rumours, a few lazy bets and at least eight ‘official’ leaks the 2012 Splendour In The Grass lineup has arrived.

This year Australia’s biggest camping festival will move back to its original beachside location at Belongil Fields for three huge nights of musical action from Friday 27th July – Sunday 29th July. Full festival passes and single day tickets go on sale from 9am next Friday 27th April through Moshtix.

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Is it just me, or is there a major lack of talent for the mix-up? I honestly think I'd be happy to pay $350 for two days and have the day more crammed. Maybe run an hour or two later each night and ditch a lot of local talent. Also.....three days is hard work. Good line up though and I can't wait, just seems a little thin to me.

I am in two minds. I really want to see At the Drive-in again but the festival environment is not ideaI.
I think it has already been decided for me though, I won't be in the Country when they go on sale.
Splendour scalping is non existent, yes?

Not sure if there is enough spread across the entire 3 days for me to get a full ticket. Some decent mix up headliners probably would have got me over the line but it looks like it's just the Friday for me.

They will surely only make a very limited number of single day tickets available.

Out of a capacity of somewhere around 17,500, you'd think it would only be a couple of thousand. They wouldn't want to sell 5,000+ Friday tickets, not be able to sell that many Saturday and Sunday single day tickets and then sell out of 3 day tickets.

I guess I'll echo what one or two people have said in the thread. For me, the lineup's spread pretty thin for 3 days. And there not much at all in the way of hip hop/dance. Why bring Yuksek out again? They should take a cue from Laneway, who always seem to grab some inspired EDM acts.

people are finally starting to realise that the lineup is very thin. No depth to this at all. the fact that bands like big scary would be playing late afternoon is a good indicator. kimbra headlining an even better example.

But splendour is splendour. Byron means it will be extra special and fuck. jack white, shins and bloc party. Brilliant.

I'm not going to lie, I'm a grown man, mrs gregg said I'm not allowed. because I honestly just can't afford it. I saved up half the money for my lens, it'd be silly to piss it away. I quite like the line up, but it's not a must see. I don't like atdi, I don't mind bloc party, and I flat out hate smashing pumpkins. so the reasons most people are keen are ones I don't care for, so sideys it is.

In retrospect, i'm not really sure the lineup justifies me travelling across the country to go. There's a LOT of fluff at the bottom end, and barely any international acts filling out the mid range spots. I've seen a lot of the bands that are there. :/

I'd go for the Friday, but I reckon you pay for splendour to have three stages worth of selection, and I can't see that at all. Apart from Bloc Party, there's barely any international acts on the Saturday. The terrible, pathetic band that is San Cisco is halfway up the list on Sunday ffs.

The lineup is surely a bit thin of internationals this year? Please correct me as I'm probably wrong but the more I look at it the more I just think there is nowhere near enough internationals to sufficiently cover 3 days?

Are they still broke from Yeezy last year? RustyinBondi will not be pleased.

don't think they'll have any problems selling 17 500 tickets. for me the biggest disappointment is easily Smashing Pumpkins headlining a night. but i guess just like so many other australian festivals they simply weren't able to get anyone better.

I can see friday being packed from the extra 1 day ticket holders, but I'm guessing by sunday not only the lineup but the crowd will be looking a bit thin.
They could have put this lineup into 2 days tbh. No Cure makes humanracin go something something...

Previously they have announced that there was a gig on that night at the northern. the 2 I went to were the Grates one where it was billed as that and then the bloc party one that was billed as "The Silent Alarms". From memory you just bought tickts through the Northerns website